The arc is not about passion. It is about reliability.
One night, Snotspark’s forge went cold—a lung-spore infestation. Vexa arrived not with sympathy, but with a solution: a bellow-pump she’d scavenged from a drowned church organ. She installed it in silence. When she finished, she said: “You owe me seven favors. Romantic interest may be declared at any time.”
He declared it three days later, handing her a misshapen tin ring he’d made from a melted shilling. “It’s not valuable,” he said.
“I know,” she said. “That’s why I like it. You gave up profit.”
That is the goblin love language: choosing loss for someone else.
Their exclusive relationship becomes the talk of Lower Clodbury—not because it’s dramatic, but because it’s functional. They argue about rivets. They steal each other’s cushions. She writes him passive-aggressive margin notes in their shared ledger. He leaves her the first, unburned sausage every morning.
And one evening, as the Thames flows brown and indifferent above them, Snotspark kneels in the mud and offers the final bind: The Binding of Shared Glimmer (Permanent Variant) —a marriage contract with no exit clause except mutual, notarized apathy. eng goblins exclusive sex slave dahlia v11 better
Vexa looks at him. Her mismatched eyes are wet.
“You’ll have to renegotiate the sleeping-burrow temperature,” she says.
“I already drafted an addendum.”
“Then yes, you reeking little miracle.”
And so the tinsmith and the knacker live on, bound not by chains but by choices—exclusive, irritable, and deeply, implausibly tender.
Would you like a scene from their wedding (a “Binding Breakfast”), or a rival goblin romantic subplot (e.g., a love triangle involving a third-party curse-breaker)? The arc is not about passion
Unlike standard goblins, Eng Goblins (short for “Engineering Goblins”) process emotions through logic, invention, and loyalty algorithms they design for themselves. Their romantic inclinations are not frivolous—they are exclusive by nature because their focus is a scarce resource.
Key traits affecting romance:
Trope: Aromantic spectrum / Queerplatonic life partners.
Vex breaks the mold of what a "romantic storyline" even is. When you lock in an exclusive relationship with Vex, the game explicitly asks: "Do you want romance (kissing/dating) or a heist-partner soul bond?"
Trope: Enemies to lovers / Golden retriever with anxiety.
Kaelan is a loud, impulsive goblin crafter who uses sarcasm as a shield. His exclusive storyline is widely considered the most emotionally taxing. Unlike other routes where your character can remain stoic, Kaelan forces you to be vulnerable. Would you like a scene from their wedding
The romance is steady, low-drama, but intensely present. Daily affection includes:
Conflict arises from: External interruption, resource scarcity (e.g., needing rare metals for a project vs. a date night), or the partner feeling like a “project” rather than a person.
“You think I haven’t noticed every person who’s ever looked at you? I remember their faces. Don’t make me visit them.”
“I don’t do ‘maybe.’ You’re mine, or you’re nothing to me. Choose.”
“Other goblins collect coins. I collected your tears. That makes you my greatest treasure.”
“You’ll grow old. I’ll watch. And when you die, I’ll burn the world so no one else gets a grave like yours.”
The exclusive relationship begins when the Eng Goblin and partner together modify or build a single object that requires both to operate. It might be a vehicle with two steering mechanisms, a clock that only ticks when both are present, or a weapon that fires only when they touch.
Meaning: Breaking the object = breaking the bond. This is their version of marriage.
Beyond the main three, ENG Goblins offers "Secret Goblins" that only become available after certain exclusive relationships fail.